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Bone is surrounded by a layer of dense connective tissue, the periosteum.

A thin layer of cell-rich connective tissue, the endosteum, lines the surface of the bone facing the marrow cavity. Both the periosteum and the endosteum possess osteogenic potency. Following injury, cells in these layers may differentiate into osteoblasts (bone forming cells) which become involved in the repair of damage to the bone.

Original file name: Pos20he.jpg

Image and Text Source: UWA Blue Histology http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/CorePages/Bone/Bone.htm

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11:26, 11 September 2009Thumbnail for version as of 11:26, 11 September 2009300 × 200 (18 KB)S8600021 (talk | contribs)Bone is surrounded by a layer of dense connective tissue, the periosteum. A thin layer of cell-rich connective tissue, the endosteum, lines the surface of the bone facing the marrow cavity. Both the periosteum and the endosteum possess osteogenic potenc